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Argentina host Colombia tonight at 6pm Argentine time (10pm British Summer Time) on the kind of
pitch that even Wembley Stadium Ltd. would be embarrassed to see England play on. After Argentine
rock band Los Piojos played in El Monumental last Saturday, the AFA have wait for it painted bits
of the pitch [.
Amazing. A second match at altitude (though nowhere near as high as La Paz this time, and against a
much better team than Bolivia), and for the second time running Argentina lose, this time when they
didn't think they could afford to slip up at all. There really might not be any further room for
[...
Tuesday saw Diego Maradona name his second Argentina squad, in preparation for the friendly against
France in Marseilles on the 11th of February. For the first time Lionel Messi was called up by
El Diego - as was my mate Carlos Tevez - who, clearly motivated by my words of encouragement
on Saturday night, scored for Manchester [.
On Wednesday evening Argentina will attempt to get over their recent altitude sickness with a World
Cup 2010 qualifier away to Ecuador. Victory would be a massive step towards ensuring that Gabriel
Heinze will be blighting the first African World Cup next year (injuries permitting of course), but
after the debacle against Bolivia on the 1st April [.
Argentina's B side take on Panama in a friendly in Santa Fe tonight at 7pm local time, with manager
Diego Maradona taking the opportunity to have a look at some of the players in his plans for the
national side who are playing their football at home. Tuesday evening saw a press conference
following the [.
Diego Maradona has announced the squad for Argentina's next competitive matches, the World Cup 2010
qualifiers at home to Colombia on the 6th of June, and away to Ecuador on the 10th. The purpose of
that 'B' international on Wednesday night has been revealed no fewer than nine players from the
domestic game have [.
Saturday night saw the big South American clásico in Rosario as Argentina hosted Brazil in the
qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup, and Diego Maradona's reign as manager will be marked forever by
the result: Argentina lost a qualifier at home for only the second time in their history. The first
was the 0-5 loss [.
In amongst the flurry of goals served up for us by Gimnasia de Jujuy and Rosario Central on Friday
night, the fact got obscured (on HEGS at least - sorry) that Diego Maradona had named his first
competitive squad as Argentina manager, in preparation for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers at
home to Venezuela and [.
Wednesday night saw an international of questionable importance as Argentina's entirely
home-based 'B' team took on Panama in Santa Fe. An underwhelming performance was embellished by a
fine goal from Matías De Federico halfway through the first half, before the guests equalised.
After the break though, Gonzalo Bergessio struck twice to win it for Argentina.
Saturday sees Diego Maradona and his men finally get the chance, after a two-month wait, to put
well and truly behind them that astonishing 6-1 humping they took in La Paz on April Fools' Day.
They take on Colombia on a pitch in the Estadio Monumental which Diego has said 'is worse than the
one [...]
We've been here before, and there's not a lot else more to say. In Asunción on Wednesday night,
needing a win to remain in the automatic qualification spots for the 2010 World Cup, Argentina
slumped to a defeat which sees Paraguay qualify for South Africa. Seba Verón was sent off early in
the second half [.
The latest double-header of qualifying matches for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa is upon us
this weekend, so with my head now sufficiently back on track after two weeks back home, it seems as
good a time as any to have a look at what our boys abroad have been doing this weekend. [...]
Argentina's starting XI for the crucial World Cup qualifier against Peru kicks off at 7pm on
Saturday (11pm UK time), and the starting eleven is exactly the same as the one manager Diego
Maradona has used in training for most of the week. Newcastle winger Jonás Gutiérrez is at right
back due to the injury [.
Diego Maradona announced the home-based players for the France friendly on Monday (surprise
surprise, Boca Juniors won't be inconvenienced by any call-ups...), after another fun-packed
weekend for the foreign legion, during which Nico Burdisso rescued a record for his manager in
Italy, Lucas Lobos got his first goal of the season in Mexico, Lucho González [.
Diego Maradona's not pleased with the AFA, after revealing that the reason for his not calling up
Juan Román Riquelme and Sebastián Battaglia was that the governing body insisted Boca
Juniors play on Sunday rather than Saturday, even though the date of the France friendly has been
fixed for months.
There's no headline to describe it, really. Diego Maradona's first competitive match in charge of
Argentina went like a dream, but his second was the kind of nightmare in which you realise partway
through that all is not as it seems, but you just can't wake yourself up, and it brought the worst
defeat in [.
On the 20th of this month, a national side consisting solely of players from the domestic league
(which HEGS shall henceforth refer to as 'Argentina B') will take on Panama in Santa Fe. Diego
Maradona announced the squad (including six Boca Juniors or Estudiantes players who won't be
involved unless their club have been eliminated from the Copa Libertadores [.
'Where's my week gone?!' I can hear you inwardly asking. Don't worry you've not been in a coma
since Monday. Due to the upcoming World Cup qualifiers (notably that between Argentina and Brazil
in Rosario on Saturday) the AFA have moved the third round of the Torneo Apertura to midweek.
Rosario Central vs River [.
The biggest challenge of Diego Maradona's nascent international managerial career took place in
Marseilles on Wednesday evening, and Argentina passed their test with flying colours, showing guts
and a bit of good football to beat France 2-0. France vs Argentina was a fast-paced affair, with
Franck Ribery the main danger for the hosts early on.
On Wednesday, Diego Maradona marked Juan Román Riquelme's birthday by telling the country that
Riquelme will still be welcome back in the national team if he wants to return, but might have to
explain himself directly to his team-mates. No doubt Riquelme will be unhappy Maradona's not said
that to his face.
Not I. Oh, heavens no. The heavens opened over the Estadio Monumental on Saturday night and, in a
frantic finish, a substitute chosen by D10s himself scored the winning goal to keep Argentina just
on track for qualification to South Africa 2010. Martín Palermo has waited ten years for the
chance to atone [.
The moment of truth arrives tonight. At 8pm local time (7pm in Argentina; 11pm British Summer Time)
Argentina will take to the pitch in the Estadio Centenario, the site of the first ever World Cup
final back in 1930. They need a result against their oldest rivals to secure qualification for
South Africa 2010.
It's been a quiet-ish week for the main Argentine contingent in Europe, but there have been one or
two scorers. In Mexico, meanwhile, the new year's championship is already underway, and there were
five goals from Argentines as well as a couple of other decent contributions there. Step this
way... In Italy, Serie A leaders Internazionale [.
On a terrible pitch, Argentina played poorly on Saturday but took three points all the same from a
Colombian side who pressured them all the way and made them work hard for the points. Getafe
defender Daniel 'Cata' Díaz made the breakthrough in the eleventh minute of the second half. It
wasn't a pretty performance, [.
One of the most eagerly awaited fixtures on the international football calendar will be staged in
Rosario on Saturday night, with Argentina in need of a win and Brazil no doubt eager to put one
over the on their great rivals and inflict what would be only Argentina's second ever home defeat
in World Cup [.
Diego Maradona has announced a list of just eighteen Europe-based players for Argentina's final two
World Cup qualifying matches at home to Peru and away to Uruguay. There are numerous big-name
casualties of Diego's refusal to consider that any part of the defeats to Brazil and Paraguay might
have been his fault.
In England, there was a clash to bring back memories of when the superclásico was high profile
enough to form a Copa Libertadores semi-final, rather than being played between two teams who
probably won't even qualify for the tournament, as Javier Mascherano's Liverpool took on Carlos
Tevez's Manchester City.
If the news on its own that Juan Román Riquelme has quit the selección for a second time
isn't enough for you, then perhaps you'd like to read a bit more depth about the circumstances it
occured in and who his likely replacements might be (hint: HEGS readers will be better placed than
most Anglophones [.
There's no headline to describe it, really. Diego Maradona's first competitive match in charge of
Argentina went like a dream, but his second was the kind of nightmare in which you realise partway
through that all is not as it seems, but you just can't wake yourself up, and it brought the worst
defeat in [.
The European league seasons are now all over, as is the Mexican championship, but Argentines have
once again had a say, with European places still up for grabs, another title claimed in France and
one of Maradona's new boys very nearly turning the tide of the Mexican playoff final. With the
trophies wrapped up in [.
For those who aren't already aware, the 2011 Copa América will be played in Argentina, and on
Tuesday AFA President Julio Grondona met with Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
to start thrashing out the details. It's been agreed that the main venue for the tournament will be
La Plata's Estadio Municipal (currently home to [.
In the wake of Saturday night's humiliation in Rosario at the hands of Brazil, Diego Maradona has
been experimenting with personnel (if not formation) during Monday's training sessions. Whilst the
outfield positions are still up in the air, one position that does look guaranteed to change is in
goal, where Maradona seems set to use [.
All of a sudden, after the week that's just passed, 'Diego Maradona's Argentina' sounds less like a
porteño schoolboy's fantasy and more like a sneering insult from Brazilians and Paraguayans
towards their neighbours. If you've not had quite enough of reading (and, through The Enganche
Argentine football podcast) about it yet, though, you can click here [.
Argentina's full selección may be struggling to stagger across the line in the race to qualify for
the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, but one country who are already there will take on a
locally-based B team in Córdoba on Wednesday night. The starting XI isn't being reported as I type
this up, but [.
Venezuela 2009 is underway, and Argentina's challenge for the South American Under 20 title (and
more importantly, qualification for the World Youth Cup) got off to a faltering start on Monday
night. I'm too tired to write a proper match report, but the junior albiceleste fell behind to a
rebound from a first-minute penalty, with [.
Those who feel the selección rely a little too much on Juan Román Riquelme can rejoice on
Wednesday morning: they won't be able to look to him any more. For the second time in his career,
Riquelme has announced he's retiring from international football, due to differences of opinion
with the manager, Diego Armando Maradona.
Diego Armando Maradona made his competitive debut as Argentina manager on Saturday night in a
packed Estadio Monumental, with a team shorn of Juan Román Riquelme, who threw a hissy fit retired
from the international game the day this squad was announced. Diego's old shirt - the number 10 -
was handed from Román to [.
Honestly, this is the very last you'll hear from me about Wednesday night's Bolivia match. It was
just too big a result not to write about for a wider audience, and thus it is that you can read a
little about the whys, wherefores and historical highlights of Bolivia's football and La Paz's
geographical location [.
An anniversary was marked in fitting fashion by one of our foreign contingent in the weekend just
gone, whilst another won a league title and two claimed a Brazilian state trophy - to find out
which ones, you'll have to read on. The winners in Brazil were Andrés D'Alessandro and Pablo
Guiñazú, who helped Internacional do [.
With league titles on the verge of being decided across Europe, there were some important
contributions made by Argentines this weekend, and at least one other could come on Tuesday when
Lionel Messi's Barcelona take on Chelsea in the European Cup semi-final first leg. To see who did
what over the weekend just gone, though, [.
